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The Power of Digital Ecosystems – Black&White™
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I’m Thomas. I live in New York and work. You can connect with me @hello world. Or mail me at thomas.petersen on gmail. The Power of Digital Ecosystems. When Sony introduced the PlayStation in 1994, it wasn’t at all obvious that they would be successful. Nintendo and Sega were already in fierce competition and, although their arena was the 16-bit market, they were much more experienced in selling consoles and games. We will get back to that a little later, but first let’s look at what ecosystems are.
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What’s in a name – Tips for naming your startup – Black&White™
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I’m Thomas. I live in New York and work. You can connect with me @hello world. Or mail me at thomas.petersen on gmail. What’s in a name – Tips for naming your startup. Finding the right name for your company can be a long an laborious if not even costly task. There are however a couple principles that can help you along. Back in the days, drug. When I was a young and hopeful rock-star, check. We were young and restless, what can I say. All great names right? Is a great band, and we still accept their ove...
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Beware of the Box – Black&White™
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I’m Thomas. I live in New York and work. You can connect with me @hello world. Or mail me at thomas.petersen on gmail. Beware of the Box. Anyone in the creative industry knows and loves to receive this brief and most clients likes to provide it. Yet despite all the joy and good intentions, visit this. Three weeks later both parties end up frustrated and puzzled with why the other part don’t get them. I am of course talking about the famous. 8216;Think outside the box’. If you enjoyed this essay. Anatomy ...
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One Aggregator to Rule them All – Or How to Think Like Facebook & Twitter – Black&White™
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I’m Thomas. I live in New York and work. You can connect with me @hello world. Or mail me at thomas.petersen on gmail. One Aggregator to Rule them All – Or How to Think Like Facebook & Twitter. Facebook and Twitter seems to be unbeatable and companies are feeling the pressure to establish themselves in the social space to get a piece of the traffic pie. But is the price of traffic really worth the trade-off? Although it’s not necessarily wrong advising companies to establish themselves in these eco...
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Mr. Brand Manager… Tear down this wall! –
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I’m Thomas. I live in New York and work. You can connect with me @hello world. Or mail me at thomas.petersen on gmail. Mr Brand Manager… Tear down this wall! We must evolve our understanding of branding. Too long have companies and their agencies been treating values as if they are merely words to play around with. In this next decade, discount. Brands will be judged on their ability to be what they claim they are. But before I get into what that mean, adiposity. Let’s take a trip back to 1989. As commun...
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The Problem With Problems – Black&White™
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I’m Thomas. I live in New York and work. You can connect with me @hello world. Or mail me at thomas.petersen on gmail. The Problem With Problems. A well known, but often overlooked avenue of exploring potential businesses, is to look for problems to solve. Society, mankind and organizations have all sorts of problems they are more than willing to pay someone to solve. A couple of months ago I did a little experiment. I posted the following question on a website called HackerNews:. Were are the problems?
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Anatomy of a Noob – Why your Mom Sucks at Computers – Black&White™
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I’m Thomas. I live in New York and work. You can connect with me @hello world. Or mail me at thomas.petersen on gmail. Anatomy of a Noob – Why your Mom Sucks at Computers. Are often used in UX. They are the metrics we use to judge the quality of a solution. But is this quality really as universal as we might like to believe? Let me introduce you to my mom. Insert random “yo’ momma” joke here). The conversation went like this:. OK, so you go to the desktop and open the mail client. No, the next one. OK, b...
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A simple model for innovation – Black&White™
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I’m Thomas. I live in New York and work. You can connect with me @hello world. Or mail me at thomas.petersen on gmail. A simple model for innovation. Finding the next big thing is probably one of the biggest challenges in the world of startups. Countless companies, more. In my last post. I talked about some principles that can be used to design better digital products. In this post I will look at a model to map and explore what different kind of product you should do. Even though luck does have something...
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Why is Europe Failing To Create More Unicorns? – Black&White™
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I’m Thomas. I live in New York and work. You can connect with me @hello world. Or mail me at thomas.petersen on gmail. Why is Europe Failing To Create More Unicorns? Out of 108 startups with a valuation of more than. One billion dollars, 78 are from the US and only nine are from Europe. Whats going on? Before you read on:. Please share them in the comment section. 40% of the fortune 500 companies in the US are started by foreigners and 60% of popular tech companies are started by 1st or 2nd generation im...
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WeekendHacker - A Blog For Very Small Projects
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Is a small boutique network for designers and developers currently counting 6581 members. It allows anyone with a project to exchange their skills in exchange for help on that project. 158 projects have been offered help from 600 people so far. 5 Months, 6500 Subscribers and 170 projects later. What's next for WeekendHacker? In May 2011 on a thursday afternoon (CET) right before I left for Berlin to visit a friend, WeekendHacker came to life. Would the quality of the people who signed up be of good enoug...
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